Why is India not leading the world in technology, engineering, etc.?

[KMc]

Spend some time there and you'll see why they would rather graduate and go elsewhere to start their careers.

 

[Leyawiin]

The ones with anything on the ball head for the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.

 

[Braznor]

Each and every person who graduates from a western university is an unacknowledged genius.

Yep, that must be it.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Average IQ by nation

http://www.photius.com/rankings/national_iq_scores_country_ranks.html

South Korea 106

Japan 105

China 100

Canada 99

USA 98

India 82

Zimbabwe 82

Yahoo. 100 ^_^

 

[irishScott]

Because most of the top talent comes to the west. It's nice over here.

 

[OverVolt]

India has poor infrastructure.

Their waste pipes leak into the supply pipes.

They JUST now started getting halfway decent cellular coverage.

They are a large country with many different religious and ethnic groups. Its not just one entity "India."

 

[natto fire]

And this is why ATOT armchair experts will never get very far in their respective faux fields. Everything always seems simple on the surface, but there are actually many intricacies and nuances that a Google search are just not going to bring you up to speed on. I have fallen victim myself, and it is just very rare that something is that simple.

 

[dainthomas]

They should probably get their lakes to stop catching fire first.

 

[Imp]

Wait, wait, wait... You mean that we can't ALL become engineers?

As of October 2013, there were 6,214 engineering and technical institutes in India, with 2.9 million students enrolled.

...

The quality of teaching at the institutes is uneven, and graduates who don’t speak good English or have the right skills are at a major hiring disadvantage.

A nationwide study points to worrisome results. While 97 percent of engineering graduates seek jobs in the field, only 3 percent of them are estimated to be employable in software roles, with another 7 percent in core engineering roles.

http://www.theatlantic.com/educatio...ts-stem-engineering-hyderabad-careers/409699/

Edit: Someone linked this in the comments section. America!

The U.S. Census Bureau reported today that 74 percent of those who have a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering and math — commonly referred to as STEM — are not employed in STEM occupations.

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014/cb14-130.html

Canada! Alberta's number looks better, but the survey was done in 2011 before they laid off 35,000+ working in the oil sands.

just 29.7 per cent of individuals with engineering degrees work as engineers or engineering managers in Ontario, compared to almost 46 per cent in Alberta;

http://www.ospe.on.ca/news/211331/N...-underemployment-among-Ontarios-engineers.htm

 

[Paladin3]

And this is why ATOT armchair experts will never get very far in their respective faux fields. Everything always seems simple on the surface, but there are actually many intricacies and nuances that a Google search are just not going to bring you up to speed on. I have fallen victim myself, and it is just very rare that something is that simple.

Wisssssssssssssdom!

 

[Naer]

cause they blow everybody else out of the water in cuisine. can't be good at it all

 

[nexus5rocks]

Each and every person who graduates from a western university is an unacknowledged genius.

Yep, that must be it.

Not what people are saying, but the schools in India are ranked far lower than most schools in the US/UK.

"That's the other painful truth about India: schools. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, out last week, there were no Indian universities in the top 200. Two universities were ranked between 200th and 400th; only eight others made it between 400th and 500th."

Cheating scandals definitely water down degrees issued by Indian schools.

"With rote-learning, intense competition and pressure comes, you guessed it, cheating. Every spring in India we learn of mass cheating scandals. Parents scaling university walls to get "cheat-sheets" to their children; illegal "donations" to get people into coveted colleges; there are entire websites devoted to cheating devices like hidden earpieces and erasers with hidden chips."

 

[OverVolt]

That and the caste system.

 

[eng2d2]

Those 700k grads don't know jack. It is all mugged up knowledge. They can make simple software by themselves. Indian universities suck, even the best of them. And most people there aren't very talented either. There are exceptions. The top 1% are great. The remaining 99% not so much. And those top 1% don't necessarily belong to the best colleges. They are spread out.

Many of the ones who stick around aren't qualified to handle anything more than level 1 tech support.

"That's the other painful truth about India: schools. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, out last week, there were no Indian universities in the top 200. Two universities were ranked between 200th and 400th; only eight others made it between 400th and 500th."

Cheating scandals definitely water down degrees issued by Indian schools.

"With rote-learning, intense competition and pressure comes, you guessed it, cheating. Every spring in India we learn of mass cheating scandals. Parents scaling university walls to get "cheat-sheets" to their children; illegal "donations" to get people into coveted colleges; there are entire websites devoted to cheating devices like hidden earpieces and erasers with hidden chips."
India I think is the capital for degree mills. The make the University of Phoenix look like Harvard.

My friend at IBM deals with engineers from India and they say they have to have their hands held on stuff first year grads should know, not "senior" engineers as they are called.




ALL OF THE ABOVE. Any third world countries school are degree mills. Easy to bribe teachers.

 

[theeedude]

The best ones go to the US and tech is a winner take all sport.